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An der Schönen Blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314, written by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) is one of the most popular works in classical music, and remains well-known in popular cul...

An der Schönen Blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314, written by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) is one of the most popular works in classical music, and remains well-known in popular cul...

George Butterworth (1885-1916), an English composer whose life was cut short at the Battle of the Somme, wrote two song cycles based on A SHROPSHIRE LAD, a collection of 63 poems by A.E. Housman. Conc...

George Butterworth (1885-1916), an English composer whose life was cut short at the Battle of the Somme, wrote two song cycles based on A SHROPSHIRE LAD, a collection of 63 poems by A.E. Housman. Conc...

Montage was composed by Donald O. Johnston (b. 1929) in 1989. Divided into two sections, an Introduction presents the materials that are to be developed in the Fugue that follows. Instrumentation: 2.2...

Montage was composed by Donald O. Johnston (b. 1929) in 1989. Divided into two sections, an Introduction presents the materials that are to be developed in the Fugue that follows. Instrumentation: 2.2...

Johann Strauss II composed BEI UNS Z'HAUS WALZER, Op. 361 (WITH US AT HOME or THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME), in 1873 to celebrate the Vienna World's Fair (Wiener Weltausstellung), an event that symboli...

Johann Strauss II composed BEI UNS Z'HAUS WALZER, Op. 361 (WITH US AT HOME or THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME), in 1873 to celebrate the Vienna World's Fair (Wiener Weltausstellung), an event that symboli...

JOHANN STRAUSS II (1825-1899) initially wrote FRÜHLINGSSTIMMEN, Op. 410 (VOICES OF SPRING) as a concert aria. He dedicated the piece, with a libretto by Richard Genée, to pianist-composer Alfred Grünf...

JOHANN STRAUSS II (1825-1899) initially wrote FRÜHLINGSSTIMMEN, Op. 410 (VOICES OF SPRING) as a concert aria. He dedicated the piece, with a libretto by Richard Genée, to pianist-composer Alfred Grünf...

It is widely believed that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote the Adagio in E major, K. 261 in or around 1776 as a replacement for the second movement of his Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219....

It is widely believed that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote the Adagio in E major, K. 261 in or around 1776 as a replacement for the second movement of his Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219....

The three-act operetta FATINITZA by Franz von Suppé (1819-1895), based on a libretto to Daniel Auber's opera LA CIRCASSIENNE by Eugène Scribe, is based on historical events during the Crimean War. Pre...

The three-act operetta FATINITZA by Franz von Suppé (1819-1895), based on a libretto to Daniel Auber's opera LA CIRCASSIENNE by Eugène Scribe, is based on historical events during the Crimean War. Pre...

Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) began work on a Symphony in E-flat after the completion of his fifth. Intending his sketches to become his sixth symphony, the composer abandoned the work as too...

Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) began work on a Symphony in E-flat after the completion of his fifth. Intending his sketches to become his sixth symphony, the composer abandoned the work as too...

Ramuntcho was a 1897 novel by Pierre Loti for which Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) composed incidental music for a 1908 staged version. Pierné extracted two suites from the Basque-inspired incidental musi...

Ramuntcho was a 1897 novel by Pierre Loti for which Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) composed incidental music for a 1908 staged version. Pierné extracted two suites from the Basque-inspired incidental musi...

Percy Grainger (1882-1961) wrote the suite IN A NUTSHELL in 1916, originally scored for large orchestra, although both a solo piano and a 2-piano version followed that same year. The work consists of...

Percy Grainger (1882-1961) wrote the suite IN A NUTSHELL in 1916, originally scored for large orchestra, although both a solo piano and a 2-piano version followed that same year. The work consists of...

Belgium singer, actor, and composer Jacques Brel (1929-1978) wrote the music and lyrics for Ne me quitte pas (If You Go Away) in 1959. The song was later adapted with English lyrics by Rod McKuen, and...

Belgium singer, actor, and composer Jacques Brel (1929-1978) wrote the music and lyrics for Ne me quitte pas (If You Go Away) in 1959. The song was later adapted with English lyrics by Rod McKuen, and...

SEID UMSCHLUNGEN, MILLIONEN (BE EMBRACED, YOU MILLIONS), OP. 443, is a waltz composed by Johann Strauss II in 1892. It was originally requested for a journalists' ball by his friend Julius Stettenheim...

SEID UMSCHLUNGEN, MILLIONEN (BE EMBRACED, YOU MILLIONS), OP. 443, is a waltz composed by Johann Strauss II in 1892. It was originally requested for a journalists' ball by his friend Julius Stettenheim...

THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS INTERMEZZO (TAUSEND UN EINE NACHT INTERMEZZO) is named after the opera INDIGO UN DIE VIERTZIG RAEUBER (INDIGO AND THE FORTY THIEVES) by Johann Strauss II. Premiered on February...